Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-08

! in g rat-hole; | like him to be in the hes
society, and you are the crony of thieve
and murderers; l ike him to becultured
and artistic, and literary, and you ar
iliterate, and-you don't even know VIVA
I'm talking about"
81 know this much, though" returned
Grady; "the worse am, the more you
fancy me; and you wouldn't take al TIT
swells in New York to-day for the bIaci
Of my finger nall"
She brought up her hands TO each side
Of her face, snd gave little laugh snC
shuddered. ~ don't care" she
said; ~ an happy. Yes, ia rather bt
in this den with you than Empress Of
Russis in the Winter Palace, end I've
known it ever since l was g little girl
that | hated refinement and good man
ners, and envied the hogs in their sly
There is brute beast IA ne somewhere
snd it would never give me any peace
till l met you, and you-I don't know
somehow you explained me to myself
You arc the wickedest man in New York
at least l hope you are-snd l SIN the
finest lady in society; but we are alike
and we belong together, and we are happy
nowhere else, are WEI"
4 u ~ " liNSA - NAI4- AL , OG3 SN~-N'
Crazy in 2 deep gu.tarel, expressing in
this SIMPLE way what il has taken poets
and rOmsncers g vast deal Of language
and ingenuity to convey. What IS the
mode compared with the meaning?
"I'u tell you what am!' said she.
cpd you ever see 8 pond lily? They ere
ths Whitast and most fragrant flowers IN
thu worIG-jIst ike me, and they grow
n stRgnant water, out OF the dlthiest mud
OF the pond bottom. All the sweetness
and purity of the lily is really nothing but
nasty black mud, and that's the WY with
me"
"And Pa the cid bulIfrog thst squats
on the log, q croakin' at vcu," said
Grady, entering into the spirit Of the
parable. This delighted her
"But Tou must be careful abCut one
thing she remarked. "You must never
reform; on the contrary, You would as
lief rob ana murder man as look st him,
wouldn't You?"
"It's rot my line, you know" replied
Grady, consideringly, "and Pm bit old
90 be yaryin' my habits. But l don't say
IA stop for the name OF thing, not if it
come handy, and no better way out OF it. ~
Sle only half listened TO him, occupied
as she was with her own fantastic and
reckless thoughts. "And IA rather see
you with your head OF than with collar
on, JACK, " she continued. ~ want you
always 70 look Ike the lowest people
what they call the dregs Of the pOpuls-
tIOE-as you are TOW. l don't mind you
having brains; q wicked fool is not much
better than good one. Oh, Jack! ] have
tried so many kinds Of excitement, and
they al came TO nothing, Ii you were
10 fail ne / should have to take TO muir
der and suicide,"
"Just you wait till I get you snug to
myself" replied he, "aId you'll ind out
if III fail you.n
Mechanically, IS It were, she shTenk
from MIN; then, reCOlieCtIng herself, she
stole her arm around his neck agSin. ~
don't know what TO think about that"
she said. "Do you resIIy expect 10
make half million out Of this AFFAIR"
THAT'S if there don't come no hitch"
~ knew, and then you Will h8Ye mil
ion altogether. But il l came 70 you
think what for, Jack, you and I clipping
together, imagine the things about il in
the papers now could we manage? It's
very nice TO have g million; buo il we
i've together l don't see now you could
i've es you are doing now. And yet what
most want is that there should be nc
ghsnge in your ways. You see, I'm
ady, and you're 2 ru1lian; and it is the
contrast that is the charm; but if we
come together, either I'd have 10 be like
you, or you'd have TO be like me. That
IS, wear g collar and pretend you were
and either way the contrast
would be gone"
You're little idiot, that's what you
lre," WAS Johns comment upon this
delicate casuistry. wen stay what we
ire fsst enough, never fear, and there'u
be diff renee enough betwiXt Us, TOO,
f you keep the flesh on you that you've
GOT now"
"J8Ck, jack, you're not half IS much OF
, devil as | anu she whispered suddenly
i his ear. She brought her hands to
gcther under his chin, and with quick
sXertiUn OF nervous strength buried her
slender fingers il his throat. Grady
yasped and choked, but, beyond 8 spas
nOdiC movement Of the hands, he made
lot the slightest attempt 20 free himself
II to resist. After few seconds she re- /
aNed her grasp, bent over him. snd
guGhed in his flushed lace.
81 would Ike to strargle you once in
while, If I could be sure OF bringing you
o life again" she said. "Murder is Just
mother way of loving Which do you
Ike best?n As she spoke she stopped
ri kissed him again, with touch Is
lgat IS q butteThy's wing; but Grady,
YhO had not minded the Srargling, row
umped to his feet with sort Of snarl, /.
Ike q wild beast smiling fresh meat. SIZE
rev herself together On The sofa and I
Coked hxedly up at him, holding his /
YES with her own. Ii she had wavereG /
faltered By q hairs breadth, all would /.
ave been over; ne knew this IS well as
he did. But her glance was as steady |
nd unyieidiDg IS steel spear. Grady /.
sd more 10 lose than she. Al ell events, .
ne silent struggle die not last long, and I,
he prevailed.
"Come, now" she said sitting erect /
nd addressing him in the fTiendliest but /
most unsentimental tone imaginable;
Sit down here by me, old man, and let's 7,
six business. Perhaps you are not ewsTe
hat l am spending the evening s. I
iuet small and early in Washington
QUSre, and that I'm due at home /
y Il:G0.'
Grady emitted a perfunctory little
buckle. shook himself, and sat down.
Well, what's the business goin' to be-"
.c inquired.
" You know what I want to know. You /.
AVE kept II from NE al this time, for
ear of accidents, as you said; but now
hat the thing is done want 20 know how
{ was done and who did it,
"Weu, lis dore, snd that's au about
E. - Grady rephed, after some hesitation. I
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